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Peace & War: Britain In 1914 by Nigel Jones

Peace & War: Britain In 1914 by Nigel Jones

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Peace & War: Britain In 1914

Author(s): Nigel Jones
Pub: Head Of Zeus
Pack Qty: 10 (Hardback)
ISBN: 9781781852538 - New

247mm x 190mm x 25mm

Publication: 1 May 2014

Pages: 272

1914 dawned with Britain at peace, albeit troubled by faultlines within and threats without: Ireland trembled on the brink of civil war; suffragette agitation was assuming an ever more violent hue; and suspicions of Germany's ambitions bred a paranoia expressed in a rash of 'invasion scare' literature. Then when shots rang out in Sara-jevo on 28 June, they set in train a tumble of diplomatic dominos that led to Britain declaring war on Germany. Nigel Jones depicts every facet of a year that changed Britain for ever. From gun-running in Ulster to an attack by suffragettes on a Velasquez painting in the National Gallery; from the launch of HMHS Britannic to cricketer J.T. Hearne's 3000th first-class wicket; from the opening of London's first nightclub to the embarking for Belgium of the BEF, he traces the events of a momentous year from its benign domestic beginnings to its descent into the nightmare of European war.

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